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  • How Much Does Music Matter?

    How Much Does Music Matter?

    Think about it. What’s the first thing to go? The school budget gets chopped and something has to get cut. Which one do you choose? It’s a hard question. A question with no good answer. Truth is, it’s hard to cut anything. Our minds and bodies need to grow in many ways. So what is…


  • India Album in Production

    India Album in Production

    After an amazing program in Delhi, India, we are in the throes of producing our cross-cultural collaborative album with some amazing artists we met in the process. We wrote dozens of songs and have distilled our album down to a select list including: We’re working with the amazing Indian producer Varun Gupta to incorporate diverse…


  • Global Music Institute Workshop

    Global Music Institute Workshop

    There may not be a more obvious connection than this! Global Music Institute + Global Music Collective A perfect combo! And a perfect way to hold a music workshop about cross-cultural collaboration. We got to unveil a couple of our new songs and talk about everything from beatboxing to Sufi poetry with an amazing audience.…


  • Delhi Program Schedule

    The Global Music Collective is in Delhi, India. We have a variety of concerts, performances, workshops, and public forums. See below for our schedule.


  • “Conversations” Uganda will be released this week

    “Conversations” Uganda will be released this week

    Hello everybody, Kate Bass here. It’s been a very busy and exciting week: while Richard and I launch this website we are also in the process of releasing “Conversations”, the album I wrote and recorded with Andereya Baguma, produced by Joses Arins Emanzi at Mulika Studios in Uganda this January 2023. Thanks to the generous…


  • Introducing the Global Music Collective

    Introducing the Global Music Collective

    July 25, 2023, we are proud to announce the foundation of The Global Music Collective. We have combined forces with numerous program founders and facilitators with a collective 40 years experience in creating music programs around the world. Our focus is to reach artists around the world, build collaborations, and create music that embraces multiple…


  • Equatorial Guinea Collab

    Equatorial Guinea Collab

    On a recent Arts Envoy trip to Equatorial Guinea (our thanks to the U. S. Embassy Malabo and American Voices for making this program happen), Richard’s group Freedom’s Boombox collaborated with local artists to write an inspiring song capturing local styles and customs and a drive to pursue that which may be difficult or far-off.…